serenity and goodbye lenin!

serenity: disappointing (the movie, that is).

i think my expectations were too high. i'm a huge buffy and firefly fan, but the movie fell lackluster and tired. it had been long enough since i saw the series that i was really looking forward to joining up with the crew again, but most of the characters fell flat. wash, jayne, kaylee, inara, even zoe, really, get very little face time, though they were such an integral part of the series. mal, as a character, and the mystery of river and simon was not enough to command my sympathies for the most part and elicited only a marginal amount of interest. the plot was largely predictable.

i am reminded he wrote alien ressurection, possibly the worst movie in the series (yes, i actually liked the third one, so there).

goodbye, lenin! i was all set not to like this movie. in fact, i even had my laptop open while ryan watched it. but i was surprised - the mix of humor, desperation, and sadness really work, at least, on this viewer.